Welty Energy & Infrastructure

As a WE&I Portfolio Manager, you: 

• Will lead a team of Project Managers and Project Coordinators who manage transmission and distribution projects for our client(s).

• Recruit and retain high quality talent.
• Support career development of your team; conduct career conversations for your team.
• Assign projects appropriately to your team.
• Consult on your team’s projects where your expertise and guidance is needed; attend site visits as needed.
• Be a SME for all client software, tools and processes that are utilized by your team.
• Provide training to incoming and existing staff. 
• Foster a Welty virtual environment via Microsoft Teams.
• Participate in salary administration for your team.

• Will establish and be accountable for goals for yourself and your team that align with WE&I’s rocks including growth goals / targets.

• Drive utilization and performance for your team.
• Drive profitability of your team’s projects.

• Will be part of the WE&I Management Team and collaborate and consult as needed for the benefit of the organization:

• With other Portfolio Managers and other groups (such as Engineering) to share resources and provide support as needed to deliver excellence to our client(s).
• With others as needed to provide consultation on specific projects.
• With other managers to develop processes and solutions that achieve our goals for excellence and client centricity.

• Will foster and maintain a relationship with a designated client and be an advocate for WE&I’s portfolio of services and capabilities.

• Drive functional excellence and client satisfaction.
• Provide general consultation to the client, but project specific decisions / consultations are to be communicated by the assigned Project Manager.

• Will foster a safety-focused culture; perform safety observations during field visits at project locations.
• May be assigned as Project Manager for specific projects as needed.
• May assist with the pursuit of new business with existing and/or potential clients.
• May be assigned specific tasks as needed.
• Will support the company with strategic initiatives.

What WE&I Will Expect:

• Act as role model for Welty Core Values, OPTIC (Openness, Passion, Teamwork, Integrity, Customer Centricity) and Welty Energy strategic objectives.
• Share knowledge with and train additional team members.
• Establish trust and healthy rapport with all WE&I staff at all levels of the organization.
• Collaborate with the Welty Energy & Infrastructure Management Team to foster a productive and encouraging environment.
• Establish goals for your Team that are measurable and provide metrics for tracking purposes.
• Meet timesheet and expenses expectations including appropriate application to corresponding projects and submittal and approval deadlines (weekly) for you and your team.

What you Should Bring to the Table:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, construction management, or similar. Master’s degree preferred.
• Minimum of ten (10) years of experience managing projects or exceptional, demonstrated experience. Electric utility project management preferred.
• Minimum of five (5) years of experience managing people or exceptional, demonstrated experience.
• PMP preferred.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Effective leadership and organizational skills.
• Knowledge of or ability to learn client’s systems, tools, and processes.

Travel:

• 10-20% travel will be required for the position.